The Prescription – Taken
-The Wait- “Code Blue 3 North.” The overhead announcement blared to life just before the sun came up and broke the silence like shattering glass. “Code Blue 3 North.” Before the second ‘Code bl…’ was through the intercom I had my stethoscope and the ICU pager in hand. “Code Blue 3 North.” With practiced movements, I jogged through the halls and stairwells to the patient who I knew needed us. Upon arrival, there was the poor floor nurse who looked like a deer in headlights struggling to bring the crash cart to the room with a growing audience. The rest of the code team wasn’t here yet. Years of practice and training in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support had allowed me to approach the situation with a cool head. Quickly assessing the situation, they …